Conceptualizing China–U.S. rivalry through the lens of globalization in an era of changing structure-agency dynamics

2025.07.15

关键词:Globalization; China–U.S.rivalry; structure-agency dynamics; world economy; supply chains; semiconductor

摘要:

This paper explores China–U.S. rivalry through the lens of structure-agency dynamics within the context of globalization as a tool for studying the competition between the two powers. The globalization-shaped world economy is identified as a highly interdependent and intertwined structure within which heterogeneous agents interact. In an effort to shift the balance of power in its favour, the U.S. is endeavouring to contain China’s economic and technological advance by attempting to alter the patterns and dynamics of the world economy in which China is gaining comparative strength. Through combining theoretical discussions and empirical examples, the paper concludes that economic globalization prioritizes structural variables of the world economy in a way that disproportionately benefits and capacitates China’s structural position in the world economy, and the U.S.’s strategy of economic derisking and technological containment to impede China’s progress is going to face constraints and may ultimately accelerate China’s pursuit of technological self-reliance.

作者简介:

李形,广东外语外贸大学广东国际战略研究院云山领军学者、特聘教授,欧洲研究中心主任。

期刊名:《Globalizations》

期刊类别:SSCI、二类A

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